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Description: | The brooch is a Colchester Two-Piece brooch, a Polden Hill type. It dates to the 1st century, and is made from cast copper alloy.
The wings are semi-cylindrical, terminating with wing caps. These have a central hole which would have supported an axis bar. The bar, spring and pin are all missing. The wings are decorated with a pair of vertical grooves. A small loop is formed at the junction of the bow head and the centre of the upper edge of the wings. The bow head is sub-trigular in section with a prominent central vertical ridge which originates at the loop. Either side of this ridge is a fine groove. All this decoration continues and tapers down the bow. Only a short portion of the bow remains, the break of the bow is not recent. The brooch has a patchy green/brown patina.
The brooch measures 17.17mm long and 17.04mm wide. It weighs 2.2g. | Subjects: | Colchester Two Piece Polden Hill type | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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